Show Discan gt ap I 1 I 1 by P i deft big young yo tabernacle lemac I 1 e I 1 I 1 ru k I 1 3 imp 3 pm M I 1 1 tru p ft p is 16 that t aw mn 0 QT or woman or that people who J privileges of df the gostol of the ale soto abd and who know how 1 ta approbate his bl gegami Meg ami W id that person or that people V ra wt we ke aeby to reply the utter hay day saints are t the h ottia i pepi ato ok 0 earth chak thaw p 1 have l ave any ire iiD ft to wain tk J as 1 in gosa gospel el ae vielar I 1 t ibe 1110 on I 1 11 I 1 1 ly edyte aware 4 arje tha theatre imars to it its ts blessings abid oville iw botlo noi 10 I 1 out au k D evl a gal ks is people kattre face 41 obe who wha enjoy elija h is messing true rue all mankind wy 9 I 1 U ja ci cain i n 1 I li degree Us poe i the of th the e author hh proprietor ad I 1 I 1 giver of abi gospel life and d salvation t ltv to balla fallen 1 I 1 nian mani I 1 A AH 6 t the ao 4 I 1 adam from IL his day ta aothia haw 66 I 1 enjoys to a greater oater or alsa degree elight th the the glory at the manifestations af I 1 the light of J thi ce of their thear L lord 44 but they have I 1 abt enjo enjoyed ad t all alhthea unea we the gospel with its orew 1 q anceli nog baino pad and I 1 privileges abis tl iii aitho ia tha only people that edw enjoy oy suck signal favors tile the priesthood 6 h been upon the earth frosi time to tune time id and of god las been J t to 0 fl ell ertain 4 aln deneca relf R but we WB ian can dryly 1 efey we 18 I 1 the time of fineg mes wb w live in the dy day of days day ii we enjoy the bliss Mis ings sings of ald ad have be towry A ponus in the fullness of times g es all ail privilege hitherto bestowed b i oli mem mankind kind I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 Z 1 inthis jn ibis da alte 1 Asat loil ah th things wilt he gathered in one if and aid strange r aab ud and marvelous skit may ay a appear g to tho the this if the people who arc the 6 iris 61 thelan godfoy ta this aw ia 40 trian that na do ai fumat u t ia fan ii 9 acau u I 1 I 1 y I 1 bear beartown down no matter I 1 edw 1 is bip pei perse buted at t e 4 as it ai andthil dh isil ish w work or 4 it g tl true Z ana d it win remain it let esthe the kingdom of ofie aen upon I 1 the earth here is the lip 1 of valvil r k ve I 1 ii here ire ore to th words of lire life hert is the e light 0 t rin ty hew herer is the intelligence intel irence that 01 I 1 d ir ing and judgment to rulers I 1 it js embodied here hem ili hi the midst of this thili peo 8 1 ie and afton heathe tae 1 rays rayo of be heavenly acis j I 1 amund yn and have hav e spread u earth ali and d th spirit of the fills im immensity I 1 has be beai Plou poured red out I 1 i face givings divine givin gJ light joao to toa y ry ma hafl and nd woman r that eliat cometh 0 m ech into intaj thia world 1 t 1 1 brethren Breth roh agni nd sisters sis r can an we realize its i ta great I 1 1 ness H Ardi athe reflecting and reasoning fac u bolties e with you are ondo endowed N ved reson reason upon our past experience in this c hu b ana then in baj epure ie if f yok yoi ire are a as happy haly as you yon would be befit J af you yiu hive received that which you desired q i you enjoy that which wig was anee once in the autu future re t iou A ind and aul wul oe e byoir reas reasonable ae ble what would an ai ened judgment J dd a tell yon yo what ua spirit oc 0 UM traci decade T Tliatha hii ie e ure are tho pure rays of light j here is ou on earth darth and ud no argument no no influence 1 lot or earth or hell bell bombin ed ad can reit it or p produce r I 1 one I 1 I 1 good reason to the conarty ty I 1 f I 1 I 1 I 1 you malthen may then ogen ascend d ig t t the h a powers aers sup ranie and consult tiie the intelligence t that hat N fills lis the bosom of eternity yoji i nay inquire of the creator organizer and add F preserver i er of the tui erso our father who A j jn in apa heaven van you yon may associate with the glorious detill u e of saints angels in martyrs and nd the spirits of just men m i a de perfect and thy will all with pile one volk voice iv as it were testify to the truth of this wh which chwe we ar are e engaged nga al I 1 I 1 I 1 oa 04 the other hand nothing s short C or t of the power ofa I 1 nothing short of the holy spirit of af letus fetes cain t can prove to you that wis this is tho the wor of god gd men luen uplA uninspired of af god cannot liy their disprove it or prevail against j li ic neither can they by thair their wig wisdom doin alons alone p prove I 1 ro ve aitto it to be ania to the themselves ox or to ta others Y thay he y not being able jelto to prevail against it does not jP prove oLve it to blind taube kingdon kingdom of god for there ire are j many theor theorist 1166 ii and systems on 11 the ke earth iceon b by ik be wisdom aido n of f the corid W orld vinegars legs alse jtb 11 less than alia power of tile iho all Almi ghr lh alt understanding of men can e this glorious truth 1 to tb the j human mind I 1 when you welte in in theold countries and in an the waited before you yon tather galli ered eil with ano people of god ahot were your thoughts thought sand and when yon yoh forward to the period old of your wi being g embodied with the saints what hat was as it ie e vision of your ybur mind and tile operation opera lion of the spirit up upon your understanding aan ng when you were g gathered aith with i the saints of the most high and be became associated cl abed as a sister r and a neighbor with rith that blessed society you yon expected to enjoy the mani iriani of the lord jesul jeans christ walk alk in tile the light of his countenance and hy t be te power of the holof most ghost nave aho oracles of truth rove revealed aled to you continually that yon would be in heaven in the zio V on n of the lord I 1 I 1 I 1 abere youir yolar you did pot not bear the name of the god we serve b blasphemed i ia emed from gitil evening everag expected to be delivered from hearing the blasphemies of your winked shipmates shop mates from thea the tyranny of yo ew ungodly employers I 1 and from the persecution r 1 of I 1 the bigoted religionists quests who were ere all united to pick you to pieces and destroy you both temporally and k if wr awer were a possible onlie afie one you ou wa sheared and on alio llio ober shaved 1 I 1 yon yoa were vere with the ungodly conversation and 4 filthy deeds 0 d vout neighbors your peace was destroyed aid you yot i not net ell enjoy te v that happiness held outto you in thelic the gospel ippol yet ayou yu felt ih the influence of the spirit of truth bi burning 1 in your heart 11 hiell kind ledin yoa you alit nging i d desire e SI 11 I 1 with the te saints you would wo ula e ex claim ir io 0 O W thial t 1 could enji to the society of the saints ing make my escape from this place 0 that T had means mean to gather up my ay little family and the place of the gathering of the saints of 06 most high hi 1 b 11 I this was conr feeling a and this your gra prayer yr 77 yon anticipated deliverance from lieu hell to 0 o find a heaven with the saints you expect expected ei to exchange confusion for a zion ion of order and beauty misery s ery for peace and liap blasphemy and tumult for quietness PW and reverence to the name of god stara starvation for plenty in id short you expected boete 4 to find a place where all evil bab ceased and sorrow and were bron brought glit to abed an end aad where y yoa would bisk bask undisturbed in the si filles sri liles of the tha countenance of your conr lord from lay day to day I 1 I 1 have drawn a picture of wha the ahe thoughts of tle the majory af pf this people before alwi the were gath gathered ereo to of the church bow ow Dr ethren hud and aisters hinders you R from roin enjoying all you thi the calm reflections gofir the df a well balanced d hy by the spirit of th the lord al fril ja give yoa a correen ans answer rr to this question I 1 can answer it far myself wyse IC an and d efi aps for many of you if I 1 do not enjoy enjoy all I 1 anticipated if my is iff not a as 9 completa as I 1 anticipated if the light of tile the holy spirit is botin my heart to that degree I 1 expected d it would b bes e if I 1 hi bavo ve not ob bained all I 1 anticipated when I 1 was down in a yoi yea der world mingled in 1 aith hi t the e wicked the caw cause e w V in mbael myself in my ovlin own heart in my own dir disposition to tb the weakness weak nests of human nature it is 12 ariy y cwi own will That ine from enjoying all I 1 ai anticipated and more it is a mistaken idea t kosup N 8 u P pose that 06 others ere can prevent t me from enjoying the light of god 14 in iriv soul all hell cannot hinder binder tam me fr from m 6 enjoying nj ay in j Z roil i in f il my m 0 own w a h heart ear ll 11 if my individual vidual wl yields obedience to bethe requirements and I 1 mandates nianda I 1 teg of m my y heavenly master he if has as set me a aa ft attern to copy which if I 1 imitate faithfully y will yield tame to me alt all aad nd more of heaven in my oiw I 1 could coald anticipate this is my answer answer 1 II I 1 I 1 ml fir r Erastus Erastue Snow asked a question nathely naT nely if my neighbor shall 6 to ma me a asa n I 1 thereby compelled to d do 0 groag t py next neighbor 11 asay I 1 say no li U a a brother shall shaft tread down my grain wn that is ripening g kai n the fai field 14 am 1 lA thereby hereby compelled tol to xu run a through ibi and d tread down youri yours no when a person steals my po poles 1 s f from the fence aai am I 1 compelled tor to steal T yours if I 1 my 0 neigh boror or my Ino thenn the church shall swear swei and toke take tho the name nama of god itt vain does it feces follow that must asp as the sama language JK 11 my brother hah do duwig p apy any yay it dois not follow that I 1 justillia in one san I 1 alie acts of my life I 1 let lei each lutler a t 1 day jl y saint S t ow examine imilie himself and enquire alre A awl ta m 0 1 I one of f th those gee perso persons W who ho will vw do 40 1 right iq in all t I 1 inks tho others may do wrong A am m 1 I 1 billat illat person that will w ill serve tha lord with my lindse bousek that t will cease beasa froan ayery evil act and from avery evil eill word tho my neighbors or my end sisters may dathe tho 0 opposite slie let the spirit reply to these questions and ana W avery I 1 breast the reply is ia let roe me be that per n 10 t do right from froia tins time henceforth aad 0 committing another evils arm then what bava you hotl goa got you h haw got heaven an 1 1 I 1 y your oui own in vo yow a rha hearts ara jou you have obtained all ajl tho the j gor gorah yH the peace ss the joy all the comfort and an d athe ay 7 the light you yoli fyhen you was i the wicked iwo world I 1 I 1 if you are deterred dec erred who will deceive youa if you re wro wronged d who wrongs you if you aroche out 0 of U your drown crown at last lasi who has 1 cheated you I 1 I 1 s I 1 I 1 I 1 these questions may inay apply ip in different ways they them may apply applin to tl tny bu business opi operation rations of the ivora vor jd ps as well wall ag as grace of bodan ial and alf tile the of the ille soul goal it js is to thetty I 1 wih theatt more kyto to apply ahas bo has I 1 oyer over a aay ay iy one of you y 0 u to cause caas e you to afas salvation in ill the abd I 1 will gnawer answer these q question for in y a a if it if bro brother t h 16 r br i bit m and I 1 all 40 hakea a iwig track iud and be shai T loutos out of the of hea venno q vo parado 1 to brother and L I 1 lam I 1 am thi the only bell 4 h heaven v on m earth b or heh bell abat bah adb be blai blamed ed T this will i ril emual equally 1 ar aj apply ply to every latter daj Day sain Saint t I 1 I 1 salvation is ail an individual op operation aatlo I 1 am the only person that aa possibly pop sibly save eave ply myself self whon salvation salvat ibn 16 abut to ini me ican I 1 can reject lor or it ili 16 it I 1 yield implicit obedience gild and submission to its graat A author d abor throughout jn afe and toi ta those whom he shall appoint toi to instruct me in an rejecting it ita I 1 fallow the die dictates of my own will in the will of my creator thee are arb those hose among this people peal who yh 0 are influx I 1 U enea 0 con trotTed and V M ed ir jan 1 thou thoughts ailts lilts ac acrons and feelings eli by y so some me other pidie or faril family on whom they place their dependence for spiritual iud aud temporal anstr instruction lac timy and for salvation in them the endi end these persons hargons jargons do not depend upon or n themselves 6 for salvation al veMon but upon ulon another of their p poor bah weak fellow felloe mortals J J do da not no depend up upon any inherent goodness of my wu own I 1 say they to Intro introduce dace me into the 20 1 of glory bat I 1 depend upon ulon yoo yon brother broder UP on oa you Arother brigham 4 upon on you yda brother hebern bor or upon you brother lame jardes I 1 belia believe ve your v our judgment is su superior to mine ibid consequently coo I 1 I 1 lot let you judge for A ff jour your spi spirit 1 rit is better than mine therefore you can do 6 good for mi mj I 1 will itt submit arnit myself wholly to you yon ind nd place i in you all my condense con dence forfa for tiffand hud salvation where you so go I 1 willi go and where ata ye you in tarry thera therea I w will ill stay expecting hat you wilt introduce nl me the gates into e heavenly jerusalem k 4 1 wish f to notice chis we madin read the there I 1 is is one g glory I 1 ory odthe of the sun another glory pathe the moonane moon moo nand ad another adoth or glory of the stars in allt th book of doctrine and covenants these g glories lories I 1 are called terrestrial and the celestial which is the highest obese Thed iare are worlds different departments or milu mansions in our fathers pathor ls house now that mao maa or thit woman icho ho ku lows no more f about the power of I 1 god aud and the I 1 i influence of the holy spirit than to be lad entirety entirely by another person suspending ng ahe their ir own understanding der standing and pinning their faith upon cioth ers sleeve will never be capable of entering nto alto the celestial glory to 16 be crowned as they tul anticipate let cry aae they wi willever be capa capable ble of bel becoming comin gods 0 S they they cani cannot ot rule themselves to say nothing no P of if 0 ruling others ot liers butt bat they must abber dictated dicta to in overy every trifle like a trev cannot co control a arol themselves i in iu the least but ameo 3 ames 2 peter or somebody else must control them they never can call become a god nor nop be crowned as rulers with MW glory immortality and eternal lives they nover never can hold a sceptre of glory majesty and power jn in the celestial kingdom who wilt will those who are valiant anda inspired with th true independence of heaven who wl go ferta boldly in the service of their god leaving others ta to d do 0 as 41 they please di aberm ned fied to do right tho all mankind besides should take the opposite course bourse will this apply to any of bolli you your own hearts can answer do you know what hat is right and wrong just aswell as I 1 do doa in some ome ii things you do and in n some things athinis you may not know as weli ut I 1 w will ill explain what I 1 earrin in the following words 1 I will do all al the good I 1 can and all 1 know how to do and anda I 1 will shun shall every evil th that but I 1 know to be an evil you can call all do that much licci I 1 will apply my heart to wisdom 11 wid mid ask the lord to impact appi tt it to ma me and if I 1 know ba but 1 t a little I 1 will improve upon it that fe tomorrow to morrow I 1 may have more and thus thiis grow from day to day in the knowledge of the t truth ruth as josai joans christ grew in stature and nd knowledge from a babe to manhood andia I 1 ai alliot noa now capable of at judging tor for myself perhaps I 1 shall be in another year we are |